Environmental Enrichment
Enrichment of captive non-human primate environments, one clinical veterinarians perspective
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Harper, J. S. 1994. Enrichment of captive non-human primate environments, one clinical veterinarians perspective. American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) Annual Conference Proceedings, 278-283.
Read MoreThe effects of environmental enrichment on a group of captive orang utans
A new enclosure was tested.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Munn, J. 1994. The effects of environmental enrichment on a group of captive orang utans. Australian Primatology 9(4), 6-7 (Abstract).
Read MoreLion-tamarin and marmoset enrichment at the National Zoo
As always, the key to successful enrichment is variety. Use a different device each day. Load it with different foods each time. Sometimes don't load it with anything at all! (It keeps them guessing.) Before you start, get a quantitative...
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Miller, P. 1994. Lion-tamarin and marmoset enrichment at the National Zoo. In Touch 1(4), 5.
Read MoreEnvironmental enrichment and exploration
An understanding of animals' information-gathering needs is an important element in the design of environmental enrichment programs. Animals should be provided with continuing novelty and variability, as well as an opportunity to have some control over their environment.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Mench, J. A. 1994. Environmental enrichment and exploration. Lab Animal 24(2), 38-41.
Read MoreSmall primate enrichment at the Calgary Zoo, part 3: patas and spider monkeys
Some feeding enrichment options are reported. Some animals leaped several feet to a fruit stuck on branches, even when fruit was freely available on the ground.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: McGivern, L. 1994. Small primate enrichment at the Calgary Zoo, part 3: patas and spider monkeys. The Shape of Enrichment 3(2), 8-9.
Read MoreEnvironmental enrichment methods for Old World monkeys: Practical aspects
Summary of common enrichment strategies.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Vervet (African Green Monkey)
Citation: Maillot, A., Malecki, H., Milhaud, C. et al. 1994. Environmental enrichment methods for Old World monkeys: Practical aspects. Folia Primatologica 62(4), 203. (Primate Meeting Abstract)
Read MoreEnrichment for woolly monkeys
A pumpkin with the top cut off and several slits cut down the side provides hours of activity and seeds to eat. The first time the [group-housed] woolies saw a pumpkin or a sunflower head, they were frightened but quickly...
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Logsdon, S. 1994. Enrichment for woolly monkeys. The Shape of Enrichment 3(1), 8.
Read MoreEnrichment in a hostile environment
The purpose of this article is to illustrate how recycled, throw-away, and donated materials have been used creatively at little cost for the daily enrichment of chimpanzees.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Lindsey, J. 1994. Enrichment in a hostile environment. In Touch 1(3), 1 & 3-4.
Read MoreWhen trying to get your monkeys to behave, try perches
Higher perching elevations appear to be a very desirable feature in this environment for the expression of six of the twelve behaviors studied. Mid-level perches, on the other hand, were utilized more for only two of the behaviors: self play...
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: O'Neill-Wagner, P. L. 1994. When trying to get your monkeys to behave, try perches. In Touch 1(2), 6-8.
Read MoreCaged stumptailed macaques voluntarily work for ordinary food
Ninety-nine of the biscuits were placed in a freely accessible dish attached to the mesh of the front of the cage. Thirty-three biscuits were offered in a food puzzle. Twenty-five percent (4/16) of the subjects ignored the food puzzle during...
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & Management, Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: O'Connor, E., Reinhardt, V. 1994. Caged stumptailed macaques voluntarily work for ordinary food. In Touch 1(1), 10-11.
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